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The Peggy Lee Story

author unknown Peggy Lee’s fame as a composer, lyricist and actress rivals her reputation as a chanteuse. And much as she enjoys singing, she isn’t at all sure that she wouldn’t rather have billing as: “Words and Music by Peggy Lee,” than to be known as one of the foremost[…]

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Peggy Sets a Feverish Pace

by Don Bailer Draw up your chairs, chillun, and we will now discuss Peggy Lee’s fever. Actually, she has two of them. One is going up, one is going down. One is on a record, the other is on a chart.. I can tell by the look on your faces[…]

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McCall’s Visits Peggy Lee

by Silvana Mangano When you wake up in the morning, And try to skitter out of sight, I wish you’d let me tell you That you look precisely right. Just because your hair is standing, Or bending here and there, Is no reason to suppose that I’m in love with[…]

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Peggy Lee

by John Tynan There’s a quotation from Michelangelo emblazoned on the wall of Peggy Lee’s picturesque studio dressing room. It reads, “Perfection is made up of trifles; but perfection itself is no trifle. Realizing the innate truth and implied sadness in this observation, Peggy Lee, in everything she undertakes, watches[…]

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